20th
Today we concluded to try the summits around
Mt Eldrege for sheep. - George and I climbed
the south-eastern point and thence to the summits.
We passed the whole day along the sharp
comb of the mountains, passed over the
summit of Eldrege, stood by the cairn
built for triangulation by the Geological
Survey, but concluded that that was not
the highest point. Passed over a difficult
and dangerous place and reached a high
sharp ridge, where we built a cairn of
of our own. It rained, hailed and thundered
terrifically while we were there. A splendid
prospect lay in all directions from
this overtowering perch. We could trace
the Yukon for fifty miles or more, while
Eagle was in plain view. Found our